Boolean Rules A+AB=A

This month’s hardware history roundup highlights a few significant events in the history of hardware computing in electronics: the Difference Engine, which is credited as the first calculating mechanical device, is announced; the first point contact resistor is demonstrated for the first time, moving electronics from the vacuum tube to the transistor era; and finally, he first transatlantic cable is laid out across the ocean floor to connect two rival superpowers.

An analysis of the historical link between the military's use of retransmission stations ("retrans") and the advent of the mesh network.

InvenSense recently announced an update to SensorStudio, their sensor prototyping and development platform for the IoT.